ケイ, キョウ, きみ

you, lord, secretary, state minister

JLPT0 G13 S0 F2138

The relevant bronzeware inscription form is (kneel immediately beside a table piled high with food) + an element# showing an additional person on the other side of the table → two figures positioned on opposite sides of a table. was originally used with exclusive reference to elder members of families who were permitted to eat in front of an altar. However, over time it came to designate the rank of an aristocrat → *noble*; *lord*; *minister*; *head of a government agency*. *You* is via the use of the term by a ruler toward a subordinate.

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